The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-10-15
MONTANA NEWS.

The wife of Hon. James Fergus, O
Fergus county, died in Helena Thursda,
morning.
The Hope, of Phllipsburg, paid $25,
900 dividend on the 1st inst, 25 cent
per share.
The Mabry cattle company shipped
from Fallon station during the past weel
ninety eight cars of cattle.
The assessed valuation of Missoul,
county is $2,625,OOO, an increase of 1
quarter of a million during the year.
The city council of Butte has passed
an ordinance to levy tax on each front
foot of lots in the city to pay the expense
of street lighting.
Last week heavy timer fire ragged in
the vicinity of Marysville, at one time Sc.
riously endangering the Drum Lummon
company's works.
Chas. A. Clayton has been indicted by
the Grand Jury Of Silver Bow county for
murder in the first degree. Clayton shot
and killed z. G. Maddox near Melrose IN
August last in a quarrel over hay land.
The interior department has instructed
Agent Williamson to have killed all CLAN
dered horses on the Grow reservation.
The owners of diseased animals slaugh-
tered in accordance with this order are to
be reimbursed.
The residence of Mrs. Amanda Mckee,
of Billings, was consumed by fire Tuesday
night, causing total loss. The property
was insured for $500. The cause of the
fire is unknown, but it is supposed to
have been incendiary.
The stage and scenery of the Billings
opera house is being torn out and the hall
divided up into Office rooms. The owners
of the building say that because of its be-
ing used for an opera house the rate of
insurance is too high to permit of its be-
ing used for that purpose at a profit.
The International hotel at Anaconda,
together with furniture and fixtures, was
destroyed by fire on Friday of last week.
The building was owned by Alex Cohen,
of Butte, and was insured for $1,000. The
furniture was the property of J. Barta, the
proprietor of the hotel, and insured for
$17OO.
The Supreme court will meet in Hell
ena to-day for the purpose of delivering
some opinions on few cases heard but
not decided at the last term, among them
being the case against James A. Murray,
of Butte, for contempt of court The ses-
sion will be short one and will probably
last only one day.
Butte Miner: 1t is asserted that the
extensive use of the headwaters of Tongue
river for irrigating purposes in the last
few years has resulted in diminishing its
volume at the confluence with the Yel-
lowstone so as to make it fordable much
earlier this than in the driest season of the
past, in spite of the fact that more rain
than usual has fallen. The prospect is
that in ten years more there will only be
dry channel where the river now runs.
The Grand Lodge of Masons of Mon
tana, in session at Helena last week, elec-
ted the following officers for the ensuing
year: James H. Hathaway, NJ. W. G. NJ;
G. A. Logan, R. W. D. G. NJ; c. E. Fol
som, r. w. S. G. NJ; G. w. Dart, r. w.
J. G. NJ; H. NJ Parchen, R. w. G. T.; C.
Hedges, r.. w. G. s. 1t was decided to
hold the next annual meeting at Missoula,
resembling a resolution passed three years
ago that it should be held at Helena for
the next five years.
Butte Miner: A few days ago mention
was made that subterranean lake had
been struck while sinking shaft ON the
Balm mine, which is situated in the vi
cinity of the Skip claim. Since the sup
posed lake was struck, two pumps have
been kept constantly at work, but so far
they have not been able to lower the wa
ter an inch. Superintendent Gates says
that it is impossible to do anything with
the property at present, and that unless
the water in the underground river soon
gives out he will cease operations entirely.
John Harnss, convicted of burglary at
Miles City, and sentenced Sept. 6, 1885,
to three years in the territorial penltenti-
ary at Deer Lodge, made his escape from
that institution on Wednesday Of last
week. Marshal Kelly offers a reward of
500 for his capture. He is described as
follows: Age, 80 years; weight, 100
pounds; height. feet inches; brown
eyes partially cross eyed); dark complex
ion; dark hair; tattooed with anchor, in
blue, on left forearm, and with anchor and
NJ. O. B. on right forearm; Canton flannel
underclothes, branded s'No. 1; ;" had on
citizens clothes.
New Northwest: Drs. Mitchell s. Mus
sigbrod, after putting gaspipe IN their new
asylum building at Warm Springs, con-
cluded TO introduce electric LIGHT. and